The latest local news, weather and high school sports in and around Columbia and Jefferson City

Wednesday, May 22, 2013  Links to charitable organizations, as well as information about item drop-off.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  A disaster expert from the University of Missouri shared with KRCG 13 how you can help your child cope with graphic, tragic pictures of the devastation in Oklahoma.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  A group of Drury University students have presented a plan for a demonstration house that supporters hope could help make Joplin a model of environmentally sound rebuilding from disasters.

Monday, April 22, 2013  The donation is to help the organization provide disaster relief and other local services.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  A former Joplin resident has pleaded guilty to disaster fraud for benefits she received after a deadly tornado hit the city in 2011.

Thursday, November 08, 2012  Guatemalans huddle in cold streets, search rubble for survivors after quake kills at least 48

Tuesday, August 28, 2012  It's a system that Paul Ryan, the Republican nominee-to-be for vice president, had hoped to scrap as a way to make his House GOP budget look smaller by about $10 billion a year.

Thursday, August 02, 2012  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's addition of the 218 counties means that more than half of all U.S. counties — 1,584 in 32 states — have been designated primary disaster areas this growing season, the vast majority of them mired in a drought that's considered the worst in decades.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012  Designation comes from USDA at request of Gov. Jay Nixon

Wednesday, June 20, 2012  The scenario involved a break in the Bagnell Dam

Tuesday, May 22, 2012  Several senior centers and area libraries were open to the public to view films documenting the Joplin destruction, and the progress that has been made in the past year.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012  Three prominent actors will perform a Biblical adaptation in Joplin this weekend as part of the events leading up to the first anniversary of the deadly May 2011 tornado.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012  With the nation rocked by another school shooting, we wanted to know if Mid-Missouri schools are prepared for something like what happened in Ohio.

Saturday, February 25, 2012  The Missouri National Guard spent $117,000 last year to fly Gov. Jay Nixon and members of his administration over flooding and tornado sites.

Saturday, February 11, 2012  More than a thousand firefighters are in Columbia for annual winter fire safety classes.